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8. What is the benefit of publishing?

Tue May 10, 2016, 01:06 AM

May 2016

I've written 3 books and I sell them on my website. I looked at Amazon publishing but they wanted like 20% of all sales or something.

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Is anyone familiar with "e-publishing"? [View all] kentuck May 2016 OP

I've done a lot of it DavidDvorkin May 2016 #1

...and your answer is? TheBlackAdder May 2016 #4

Thanks! kentuck May 2016 #6

Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing is the biggest UtahJosh May 2016 #3

Good info! kentuck May 2016 #7

What is the benefit of publishing? metroins May 2016 #8

Amazon gives authors a 70% royalty. kentauros May 2016 #9

Do you pay amazon metroins May 2016 #12

Amazon is simply another point of sale. kentauros May 2016 #13

Ah metroins May 2016 #14

I would also recommend having a look at this author's blog: kentauros May 2016 #15

Smashwords is one option... UtahJosh May 2016 #16

Yeah, I've heard about that with Amazon. kentauros May 2016 #17

Visibility, for one thing. UtahJosh May 2016 #10